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Re: Name translations - English to Italian
This is BtN's translation tool:http://www.behindthename.com/translate.htmlThis only covers names which have a direct translation into Italian - usually Biblical names (Anne, Matthew) or Latin- or Greek-based names (Felicity, Katherine). For names that don't have a direct Italian equivalent you can use the Italian names database (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/ita.html) to look up a name which looks or sounds roughly the same.If any of your friends have word names (such as Crystal, Amber, Brook etc) you can use www.altavista.com/babelfish/ to translate their names into Italian - just make sure you change the ending to be correct for the person (o is masculine, a is feminine).If you put the names here, I'd be happy to translate them for you and give you a guide to pronunciation as well (I did Italian at university).:-)
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Thank you, Chrisell! I would be thrilled if you could translate these names from English to Italian. The party is on Sat.(20th). I may have two more. Sorry if this is too many; just let me know. Thanks for all the info. : ) - Martha
- Joe
- Annie
- Luke
- Dick
- Darlene
- Michael
- Jennifer
- Rick
- Tonia
- Rob
- Barbara
- Rich
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i have no idea what it means
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Hi - Adding the last two names to be translated for the party: Curtis and Kathleen. Thanks!
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Curtis - no direct equivalent but you could use Corrado (the Italian form of Curt) [ko-RAH-do]Kathleen = Caterina [ka-ter-EE-na]Enjoy your party :-))

This message was edited 11/17/2004, 2:59 PM

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This is perfect. Thanks again.
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:-) You're welcome
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No worries :-) I love doing translations and this lot looks pretty easy.Martha = Marta [MAR-ta]Joe (Joseph) = Giuseppe (nn is Beppe) [ju-SEP-ee]Annie = Anna [AN-a]Luke = Luca [LU-ka]Dick (Richard) = Riccardo [ri-KAR-do]Darlene - no direct equivalent but you could use Daria [DAR-ee-a]Michael = Michele [mi-KEL-eh]Jennifer = Genoveffa [jen-oh-VEF-a]Rick = Rico [REE-ko]Tonia = Tonia [TOH-nee-a] (nn for Antonia [an-TOH-nee-a])Rob = Roberto [ro-BER-to]Barbara = Barbara [BAR-bar-a]Rich = Riccino [ri-CHEE-no]
If you need any more done, let me know :-)

This message was edited 11/16/2004, 5:32 PM

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